Bow, made from wood with rawhide string. [ASh [OPS move] 7/8/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bow, made from wood with rawhide string. [ASh [OPS move] 7/8/2017]
Long description: Bow, made from wood with a rawhide thong threaded through perforations and then wound round the bow tips. Remnants of old plant fibre strings are wound on as an extension to the more recent stringing. [ASh [OPS move] 7/8/2017]
Geographical reference: Zambia
Africa > Eastern Africa > Zambia; Northern Province
Cultural groups: Bemba
Person: Field collector J. E. Thomas; PRM source J. E. Thomas
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1964
Date collected: By 1964
Acquisition information: Donated: 1964
Materials and processes: Material Animal Rawhide Skin, Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Perforated, Process Wound
Dimensions: Length: max 1564 mm, Width: max 123 mm, Depth: max 29 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1964.9.8

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